Rohde & Schwarz R&S ZVA 8 - Contents of Chapter 5

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Contents of Chapter 5
5 Remote Control ................................................................................................... 5.1
Special Terms and Notation............................................................................................................5.1
Remote Control: Introduction .........................................................................................................5.3
GPIB Explorer ..........................................................................................................................5.3
Switchover to Remote Control .................................................................................................5.5
Setting the Device Address......................................................................................................5.6
Return to Manual Operation.....................................................................................................5.7
Messages.................................................................................................................................5.7
GPIB Bus Interface Messages.......................................................................................5.7
RSIB Interface Messages ..............................................................................................5.7
Device Messages (Commands and Device Responses) ..............................................5.8
SCPI Command Structure and Syntax ....................................................................................5.8
Common Commands.....................................................................................................5.8
Device-Specific Commands...........................................................................................5.9
Structure of a Command Line......................................................................................5.10
Responses to Queries............................................................................................................5.11
SCPI Parameters ...................................................................................................................5.11
Numeric Values............................................................................................................5.11
Boolean Parameters....................................................................................................5.12
Text Parameters ..........................................................................................................5.12
Strings 5.12
Block Data Format .......................................................................................................5.13
Overview of Syntax Elements......................................................................................5.13
Command Processing ...................................................................................................................5.14
Input Unit......................................................................................................................5.14
Command Recognition ................................................................................................5.14
Data Set and Instrument Hardware .............................................................................5.15
Status Reporting System .............................................................................................5.15
Output Unit...................................................................................................................5.15
Command Sequence and Command Synchronization................................................5.15
Status Reporting System...............................................................................................................5.17
Overview of Status Registers.................................................................................................5.17
Structure of an SCPI Status Register ....................................................................................5.19
Contents of the Status Registers ...........................................................................................5.20
STB and SRE...............................................................................................................5.21
IST Flag and PPE ........................................................................................................5.21
ESR and ESE ..............................................................................................................5.22
STATus:OPERation.....................................................................................................5.22
STATus:QUEStionable................................................................................................5.22
STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit1<1|2>............................................................................5.22
Application of the Status Reporting System...........................................................................5.23
Service Request...........................................................................................................5.24